2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习精品题(48)[范文大全]

第一篇：2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习精品题(48)

2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习精品题（48）及答案

【阅读理解细节事实】 Passage *********

The following notice is posted in a bus terminal(终点站).Time Table:--Buses leave the Railway Station, New York City, from 7:00 a.m, and every half an hour thereafter(此后), untii 11: 30 p.m,(7 days a week)--Buses leave the Brennan Station 20 minutes before and after every hour from 6:20 a.m.to 10:40 p.m(7 days a week)--Evening rush hours(5: 00 p.m, to 7: 00 p.m,): Buses leave the Railway Station, New York City, every 15 minutes.(Monday～Friday)--Holidays: Buses leave every hour, each direction.(Trip time.30 minutes eachway)--All tickets must be bought at Window 12, the Railway Station, New York City, or at the Brennan Station Window BEFORE boarding buses.1.At which of the following time does a bus leave New York for Brennan on Thursday? A.8: 30a.m.B.10: 15 a.m.C.3 : 15 p.m.D.11 : 45 p.m.答案: A 指导：由发车时刻表第一部分可知，公共汽车离开New York开往Brennan的时间是上午七点到夜里十一点半之间，且每隔半小时一班。

2.Which is the latest bus you could take from Brennan if you had to meet a friend in New York at 10: 20 a.rn.on a Friday? A.The 8:00 a.m, bus.B.The 9 : 40 a.m, bus.C.The 8 : 40 a.m, bus.D.The 9 : 20 a.m.bus.答案: B 指导：由发车时刻表第二部分可知，公共汽车离开Brennan开往New York的时间是上午6:20到夜间10:40之间，且每小时正点的前后20分钟各有一班。根据题意，最迟一班为上午9:40．

3.If you want to take a bus in evening rush hours, you should take the bus at the Railway Station, New York City on Monday? A.6 : 20 p.m.B.5: 45 p.m.C.8: 00 p.m.D.7 : 15 p.m.答案: B 指导：公共汽车在晚上交通高峰期每15分钟一班，从下午5点到晚上7点。

If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think.This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise—and as a result, we are ageing unnecessarily soon.Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down.With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect(智能)and emotion, and determine the human character.(The rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional faculties.)

Contraction of front and side parts—as cells die off—was observed I some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty-and seventy-year-olds.Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with age—using the head.The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns.Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors.White collar workers doing

brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns.”可知医生们的测试发现，一般而言，乡下人比城镇里的人的大脑收缩的更早。故选D。39.The word “subjects” in Paragraph 5 means ________.A.something to be considered B.branches of knowledge studied

C.persons chosen to be studied in an experiment

D.any member of a state except the supreme ruler.【答案】C 【解析】词义猜测题。由“„„but it was still not evident in some sixty-and seventy-year-olds.”可知“subjects”指的是被选入实验中做研究的人。故选C。40.According to the passage, which people seem to age slower than the others?

A.Lawyers.B.Farmers.C.Clerks.D.Shop assistants.【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。由“Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers,„„”可知律师变老的风险最小。故选A。

【阅读理解主旨大意】 Passage******

A teacher of English as a second language is the 20典型例题her of the Year in the United States.Kathy Mellor of Rhode Island will spend the next year as an international spokeswoman for education.President Bush and his wife.Eaura.honored her during a ceremony(仪式)at the White House last week.For the past nineteen years.Kathy Melior has taught English as a second language at Davisville Middle School in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, in the northeastern United States.She redesigned the program for E.S.L.students at her school to provide each student with one to three periods per day in classes for English learners.How much instruction the students get depends on their level of skill in listening, speak-lng, reading and writing.The amount of time they spend in these classes is reduced as their level of English increases.答案: D指导：文章第一段最后两句介绍Kathy Melior(作为20典型例题范教师)将在明年作为international spokeswoinan for education，并且总统夫妇于上周在白宫向她表示敬意，可见政府对教育之重视。

【2013高考英语辽宁省沈阳市领航试卷】B About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table.I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation.At one point the woman asked: “So, how have you been?” And the boy, who could not have been more than seven or eight years old, replied, “Frankly, I’ve been a little depressed lately.”

This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing.As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school.The evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years.Children don’t seem childlike anymore.Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to.Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different.Childhood as it once was no longer exists, why? Human development is based not only on innate(天生)biological states, but also on patterns of access to social knowledge.Movement from one social rote(生搬硬套)to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new status.Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages: we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation(揭示)machine has been brought in 98 percent of American homes.It is called television.Television passes information to all viewers alike, indiscriminately(不加区分地).Unable to resist the temptation, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more vivid moving pictures.Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of

their jobs." He described the inadequacies of his students, all high school graduates who can use language only at a grade 9 level.I was unable to determine from his answers to my questions how this grade 9 level had been established.My topic is not standards nor its decline（降低）.What the speaker was really saying is that eh is no longer young;he has been teaching for sixteen years, and is able to think and speak like a mature adult.My point is that the frequent complaint of one generation about the one immediately following it is inevitable.It is also human nature to look for the reasons for our dissatisfaction.Before English became a school subject in the late nineteenth century, it was difficult to find the target of the blame for language deficiencies（缺陷）.But since then, English teachers have been under constant attack.The complainers think they have hit upon an original idea.As their own command of the language improves, they notice that young people do not have this same ability.Unaware that their own ability has developed through the years, they assume the new generation of young people must be hopeless in this respect.To the eyes and ears of sensitive adults the language of the young always seems inadequate.Since this concern about the decline and fall of the English language is not perceived as a generational phenomenon but rather as something new and peculiar to today's young people, it naturally follows that today's English teachers cannot be doing their jobs.Otherwise, young people would not have a poor command of English.41.The speaker the author mentioned in the passage believed that ________.A.the language of the younger generation is usually inferior to that t of the older generation

B.the students had a poor command of English because they didn't work hard enough

C.he was an excellent language teacher because he had been teaching English for sixteen years

D.English teachers should be held responsible for the students' poor command of English 【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。由“High school English teachers are not doing their jobs.”

B)young people would not have a poor command of English if the teachers did their jobs properly

C)to get rid of language deficiencies one must have sensitive eyes and ears

D)to improve the standard of English requires the effort of several generations 【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。由“Since this concern about the decline and fall of the English language is not perceived as a generational phenomenon but rather as something new and peculiar to today's young people, it naturally follows that today's English teachers cannot be doing their jobs.”可知作者认为，因学生语言上的不足而责备英语老师是不公平的。

第二篇：2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习题(33)

2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习题（33）及答案

阅读理解-----A In our old neighborhood, neighbors chatted over fences.Newcomers were welcomed with chocolate and bread.It had been easy to find friends there.Our new community was difference.It seemed that family roots grew deep.Deep as the Mississippi River that flowed past the tiny river town.We’d moved to decrease my husband’s commute to work.Only thirty miles.After living there for six months, I was ready to move back home.I was lonely for a friend.My three boys were lonely.My husband, Lonny, fared okay, but he spent his days at work..Lonny noticed my sinking disposition.“Shawnelle, you look unapproachable,” he said.He and I were sitting in lawn chairs.Samuel, our three-year-old sat in his own little chair.“What do you mean?” “Body language.You placed our chairs fifteen yards away from everyone else.”

“It doesn’t matter.I’m not going to have friends hers.” Just then Samuel looked up.“Mom’s right, Dad.And we just want to go home.”

That’s when I knew that I needed an adjustment.I didn’t want my boys to learn that the way to work through a tough time was to use a wounded and bitter attitude.Over the next few months I smiled when I didn’t feel like it.We signed up for reading programs at the library and frequented parks and the bike path along the river.One afternoon Samuel and I clambered up the stairs to the library activity room.A woman who I hadn’t seen before sat at an oblong table with a tiny boy.“Hi,” she said.“I’m Tammy.Do you need a seat? There’s one right here.”

I sat down next to Tammy.Soon class was over, and we still had a lot to say.“Why don’t you come over later?” Tammy asked.“I live on a farm.There’s plenty of room for the kids to run.” We went.And since that day, we’ve been back a million times.When I look back, I’m grateful for that tough time.I learned to persevere.I’m

glad I didn’t give up.And as for my boys, they learned a lesson too.“Keep moving forward,” is what I tell them.“Your heart will follow.” Why did the writer move to a new neighborhood? To find a part-time job in the library.B To make new friends with the local people.C To enjoy the beauty of the Mississippi River.D To make her husband go to work conveniently.Shawnelle decided to keep going when _____________________.A Tammy encouraged her to join conversations B Samuel expressed his wish to go back home C Lonny pointed out the mistakes of her body language D Tammy invited her to go to her farm Shawnelle mentioned her friendship with Tammy to prove___________ women seemed to have endless words to say B Tammy was rich to have room for kids C her family had finally fitted in the new place D Tammy’s farm was suitable for kids to play on What lesson did Shawnelle teach her kids? Have a dream in difficult times.B Never break up with old friends.C Be careful in making friends.D Keep up in a tough time.参考答案 A DBCD

阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A Dear Rudyard Kipling, Father has consistently tried to instill(灌输)a sense of being a man in me ever

D.A person who respects his parents.【答案】A

【解析】细节理解题。根据Father has consistently tried to instill(灌输)a sense of being a man in me ever since I was very young.作者的父亲想要他成为一个真正的能肩负起责任的男人，故选A。

42.Who does the underlined word “him” in paragraph 3 refer to? A.the character in the poem C.the author 【答案】C 【解析】词义猜测题。根据The image of a man was completely shattered when I saw him break down and cry,可知这里指的是作者自己，是作者痛苦，因为自己的母亲去世，故选C。43.According to the passage, a man in the author’s mind would have the following qualities EXCEPT _________.A.responsible 【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。responsible有责任心的； calm镇静的； caring爱心，有同情心的； enthusiastic热情的。根据because I wanted to be a man and wanted to be the one supporting my family.作者认为人要有责任心；If you can keep your head when all about you/ Are losing theirs and blaming it on you„ you’ll be a Man, my son 这里作者引用母亲的话来说明人在遇到事情时要镇静；要If I ever got tired during my work hours at the shop I could call her to come and pick me up.作者认为要有爱心；只有选项D的热情没有提到，故选D。

44.We can learn from the passage that ___________.A.the poem has helped to improve the relationship between the author and his father B.the author would not know how to help his family without the poem C.the author’s father must have read the poem as well D.the author’s mother had told him about this poem before 【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据Your poem was so much more than just a simple list of guidelines or morals that some see it as;it really changed my life and my relationship with

are a quick way to get experience and you are likely to meet other beginners.After this, you can do an outside course of join a club where you can meet climbers of all abilities and eventually join in group-climbing events.At first you may not understand the importance of a good training period, but after you have completed your first climb and you are standing safely at the top of a rock feeling thrilled, then you will know it was the right thing to do.1．The article is written by.A．a doctor B．an experienced climber

D．a fitness instructor C．a beginner

2．The writer thinks a new climber should.A．begin by becoming fit B．have the courage to meet the challenges C．be aware of the causes of the accidents D．do enough sports to get interested in climbing 3．By climbing walls you can.A．join a club you like

B．gain controlled experience C．become qualified instructors D．take part in group-climbing events 4．The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph probably means.A．the climb B．the training

D．the achievement C．the equipment

参考答案 B BABB

阅读理解-----A

More than half of young black men in the United States do not finish high school.Many grow up without fathers and in neighborhoods with gangs, drugs and violence.Sixty percent of those who drop out of school have spent time in prison by the age of thirty-five.Joe Marshall co-founded the Omega Boys Club in San Francisco, California, twenty-three years ago.Mr.Marshall tries to give boys — and girls — a safe refuge

C.highlight the failure of normal schools D.prove the importance of after-school classes 43.“Street Soldiers” is _________________.A.an armed force B.a gang of blacks C.a TV program D.a radio program 44.According to the passage, which of the following is true? A.The Omega Boys Club help the government to keep male students at school.B.Gangs and violence are public health problems that need to be dealt with.C.The Club offers after-school classes in basic knowledge and living skills.D.Over ninety percent of the members have graduated from college.参考答案41——45 DADC

This is an old tale.It’s the story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf that blew down a house made of straw and one made of sticks.The only house left standing was the one made of bricks.Now there is new evidence to suggest that houses built with bales of straw can be very strong.They are also environmental.Pete Walker is a professor at the University of Bath in Britain.He and a team of researchers there have built a house made out of straw bales and hemp material.During the next twelve months the team will study the effectiveness of these materials in home building.Professor Walker says there are many good reasons for using straw.Professor Walker says that one of the benefits is that it’s a relatively inexpensively renewable material that’s readily available.According to Professor Walker, straw takes in carbon dioxide as it grows.So it can be seen as having no harmful effects on the environment.He says straw helps the environment in other ways.Professor Walker: “The straw bale walls are relatively thick and so all that straw provides very good thermal(of heat)insulation.So we make buildings that

【答案】A 【解析】词义猜测题。根据The straw bale walls are relatively thick及So we make buildings that require very little heating in the winter or indeed very little cooling in the summer.可以猜出厚厚的草起保护的作用，故选A。

48.What’s David Lanfear’s attitude towards the straw houses at last? A.Doubtful B.Approving C.Defensive D.Negative 【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题。根据He has now helped to build more than ten straw bale houses and says the building material is becoming more widely accepted.最后David Lanfear是同意接受了用草做成的房子的。故选B。

49.Which of the following is NOT the advantage of the house built with straw bales? A.It is environmentally friendly.B.The supply of its building materials is easily guaranteed.C.It is comparatively economical.D.It is free from fires.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据So it can be seen as having no harmful effects on the environment.这种房子是环保的，选项A符合原文；that’s readily available.这些草是可以再生的，更新快，所以房子的原料是可以保证的，选项B符合原文；it’s a relatively inexpensively renewable material that’s readily available.这种房子是经济适用，花费不多，选项C符合原文；以上都是草屋的优点，只有选项D没有提到，故选D。50.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A.Professor Walker is still not very sure about whether the straw bales and hemp material are as useful as they expect.B.According to Professor Walker, climate change contributes to people’s present attention to straw bale houses.C.People’s idea about the straw houses remains the same.D.The straw bale house built by David Lanfear share the same method to keep out rain as the traditional ones.【答案】C

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第三篇：2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习题(44)[最终版]

2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习题（44）及答案

阅读下列短文，按要求完成读写任务

(2009年全国Ⅰ卷)We have met the enemy，and he is ours.We bought him at a pet shop.When monkey­pox，a disease usually found in the African rain forest，suddenly turns up in children in the American Midwest，it's hard not to wonder if the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing or on human beings.“Most of the infections we think of as human infections started in other animals，” says Morse，director of the Center for Public Health Preparedenss at Columbia University.It's not just that we're going to where the animals are，we're also bringing them closer to us.Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country.A strange illness killed Isaksen's pets，and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea.“I don't think it's fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them”，says Isaken.“Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing，” says Peter Schantz.Monkey­pox may be the wake­up_call.Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners.We know very little about these new diseases.A new bug may be kind at first.But it may develop into something harmful.Monkey­pox doesn't look a major infectious disease.But it is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person.Ⅰ.根据短文，写一篇30词左右的摘要

________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

Ⅱ.根据所读短文，选择正确答案

1．What dose the word “monkey­pox” mean? A．a container to keep monkeys.B．a medicine for a monkey disease C．an infectious disease D．a popular foreign pet 2.What does the phrase “the wake­up call” most probably means? A．a new disease

B．a clear warning C．a dangerous animal D．a morning call 3．What does the word “bug” mean?

答案：A

Many of us mistakenly believe that it's wrong to think we have any good qualities.We may spend a lot of time blaming ourselves for our negative qualities, thinking that self criticism is the key to improving our performance.However, a constant focus on our supposed shortcomings can stop our efforts to make friends with other people.How can we believe that others could like us if we believe our inner being is flawed（有缺陷）? If someone seems to dislike you, the reason for that dislike might have little or nothing to do with you.The person who doesn't like you might be fearful, or shallow, or busy or shy.Perhaps you and that person are simply a mismatch for each other at this particular time.Don't take yourself out of the game by deciding that your flaws are bigger than your good qualities.In fact, some of the very qualities you consider to be flaws may be irresistible to someone else.For all the factors that might cause one person to reject you, there are at least as many factors that will work in your favor with someone else.You might be thirty pounds over your ideal weight, but you may have a wonderful laugh and a real enthusiasm for life.There are many people who don’t mind your extra pounds.You may drive a shabby car, but you might be a great dancer and a loyal friend.There are people out there looking for loyalty, or fun, or sweetness, or wisdom, and the package it comes in is not important.If you are worried that you are not beautiful enough to attract friends, keep in mind that not everyone is looking for physical beauty in their friends.You can decide to feel inferior（自卑）because you don't have much money and you don't drive a nice car.You can believe that this is the reason that you don't have many friends in your life.On the other hand, if you are very wealthy you may be suspicious that everyone is after your money and that nobody really likes you as a person.The point is that you can focus on just about anything and believe it's the reason you do not have friends and cannot make any.36.According to the author ___________ plays an important role in making friends.A.admitting your shortcomings B.self criticism C.modesty D.confidence 【答案】D 【解析】推理判断题。根据a constant focus on our supposed shortcomings can stop our efforts to make friends with other people.既然我们强调我们的缺点有可能在交朋友方面成为绊脚石，那么我们就应该自信，故选D。37.If you are not liked by a person, _________.A.you should find the reason in yourself B.you’d better talk with the person face to face C.you may not be the one to be blamed D.you and that person misunderstand each other 【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据If someone seems to dislike you, the reason for that dislike might have little or nothing to do with you.The person who doesn't like you might be fearful, or shallow, or busy or shy.不喜欢你也许和你一点关系都没有，你也许不应该受到责备，故选C。

38.We can learn from the third paragraph that ____________.A.your good qualities may turn out to be your flaws B.your weakness may also be your strengths in some way C.your negative qualities cause a person to reject you D.you’ll have few friends if your flaws are bigger than your good qualities 【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。根据In fact, some of the very qualities you consider to be flaws may be irresistible to someone else.你的弱点也许是在某方面是你的强项，故选B。39.Which of the following is true according to the author? A.It is important to lose weight.B.It is easier for a wealthy person to make friends.C.Inner qualities are more important than physical appearance.(2)One mistaken idea about business is that it can be treated as a game of perfect information.Quite_the_reverse，business，politics，life itself are games which we must normally play with imperfect information.(1)依据信息“上学12年”、还“不会写一个句子”、“大喊大叫”，可知家长在指责校方，也就不难猜出illiterate意为“文盲”。

(2)前句说“关于商业的一个错误观点是商业可以看做完美的信息游戏”，而后句说“商业、政治、生活本身是非常不完美的信息游戏”，由此推之quite the reverse的意思是“正好相反”。

◆ 活学活用

(一)猜出下列句中划线单词的意思

1．Doctors believe that smoking cigarettes is detrimental to health.They also regard drinking as harmful.2．The hot­air balloon took off.It was buoyant in the air as a rose leaf in water.3．The consequences of epochal events such as wars and great scientific discoveries are not confined to a small geographical area as they were in the past.4．The child is as fragile as glass.5．He fell into a ditch and lay there，semiconscious，for a few minutes.(一)1．解析：从also推知harmful与detrimental同义，意思是“不利的，有害的”。答案：有害的，不利的

2．解析：从as a rose leaf in water(水中的玫瑰花瓣)可知buoyant是形容词，意为“漂浮的”。

答案：漂浮的

3．解析：从wars and great scientific discoveries可知epochal的意思是 “重要的”。

答案：重要的

4．解析：常识告诉我们“玻璃易碎”，此处用以描绘人，意思是“脆弱的”。答案：脆弱的

5．解析：他掉进沟里，躺在那几分钟，划线单词的意思是“半清醒的、半昏迷的”。

around half that, before owning it completely.Meanwhile, as the cost of solar technology falls, it should get even cheaper.41.The underlined word “get round” in the first paragraph can be replaced by _______.A.make use of B.come up with C.look into D.deal with 【答案】D

【解析】词义猜测题。make use of利用； come up with想出； look into调查； deal with处理。根据solar power is still quite expensive及Eight19, a British company by Cambridge University, has, however, invented a novel way to因为太阳能仍然很贵，所以Eight19发明了一个新的方法来解决这个问题，故选D。

42.What should the user do when the electricity in the battery is used up? A.Buy a scratch card.B.Recharge it outside.C.Buy another solar cell.D.Return it to the company.【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句Then, next day, it can be put outside and charged back up again.可知没有电了，你可以把它放在外面重新充电，故选A。

43.How much would users pay for the cell and scratch cards before they own a 2.5-watt solar cell? A.Around $10.B.Around $80.C.Around $90.D.Around $180.【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据文章1,3段After buying around $80 worth of scratch cards—which Eight19 expects would take the average family around 18 months—the user will own it.和In return for a deposit of around $10 it is supplying poor Kenyan families with a solar cell able to generate 2.5 watts of electricity可知在你拥有这些之前，你要花费90元。故选C。

44.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ____________.A.Kenyan families would find it difficult to afford the solar cell B.using the solar cell would help Kenyan families save money

第四篇：2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习题(43)

2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习题（43）及答案

阅读下列短文，按要求完成读写任务

(2010年江苏卷)Usually，when your teacher asks a question，there is only one correct answer.But there is one question that has millions of correct answers.That question is “What's your name？” Everyone gives a different answer，but everyone is correct.Have you ever wondered about people's names？Where do they come from？What do they mean? People's first names，or given names，are chosen by their parents.Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used.Some parents choose the name of a well­known person.A boy could be named George Washington Smith；a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones.Some people give their children names that mean good things.Clara means “bright”；Beatrice means “one who gives happiness”；Donald means “world ruler”；Leonard means “as brave as a lion”．

The earliest last names，or surnames，were taken from place names.A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near brook(小溪)；someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long，paved road.The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest.Other early surnames came from people's occupations.The most common occupational name is Smith，which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals.In the past，smiths were very important workers in every town and village.Some other occupational names are：Carter — a person who owned or drove a cart；Potter—a person who made pots and pans.The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village.The Carpenter's great­great­great­grandfather probably built houses and furniture.Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin，or their size，or their special abilities.When there were two men who were named John in the same village，the John with the gray hair probably became John Gray.Or the John was very tall could call himself John Tallman.John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer.Some family names were made by adding something to the father's name.English­speaking people added ­s or ­son.The Johnsons are descendants of John；the Roberts family's ancestor was Robert.Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc

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1．B 2．解析：从Potter答案：C 3．解析：从Donald答案：D 4．解析：词义推测题。由Some family names were made by adding something to the father's name.English­speaking people added­s­son答案：A

阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A Six years ago, I walked into a local animal shelter on a cold, rainy day.Although my house was already full of cats and dogs, I still couldn’t resist an occasional visit to the shelter.This time as I was walking down the row of pens full of barking dogs I noticed a small boy looking into one of them.He had a malnourished（营养不良的）looking body and a bony face with a big nose sticking out of the middle of it.He was looking at a small, golden dog.Its bony ribs were showing and its thin tail was folded between its legs.It wasn’t begging for attention like the other puppies but was hiding in the corner instead.The boy looked up at me with sad eyes and asked what was wrong with it.“It was probably abused and abandoned”, I said.“That is why it is so scared.”

The boy immediately turned to an older lady and said, “Grandma, I want this one.” The old woman smiled and walked to the front desk to fill out the adoption forms.I followed and asked about the boy.I found out that he’d had a rough start in life too.She had just gotten custody（监护权）of him after the state had taken him from his parents.She had hoped getting a dog would make it easier on him.I looked back at him, holding his scared puppy, and said a prayer for them both.It was yesterday.I was driving down the road enjoying a gloriously sunny, spring day.Then in a green front yard I saw the boy.His teenage body was tall and strong.His nose no longer seemed big but fit well into his smiling face.He was throwing

B.he could play balls with it C.he could forget about his parents D.the dog could be taken good care of 【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。根据She had hoped getting a dog would make it easier on him.她让小男孩领养一只狗以便让他的生活过得更加轻松，故选A。30.What can we learn from the last paragraph ? A.The author is a kind-hearted old man.B.The boy’s nose has become smaller than before.C.The author enjoys watching people playing with dogs.D.Both the boy and the dog are growing healthily and happily.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据It had saved a dog’s life, healed his own heart,小狗和小男孩都幸福滴健康地成长，故选D。

阅读理解 专题训练(一)

阅读中的猜词技巧(2)------定义释义法

◆ 方法点拨

释义指对陌生词的解释(解释性描述)，一般通过定义、定语从句、词组、同位语从句来体现。其表现形式为：用that is，in other words，or，mean，be called，refer to或连系动词to be等定义或重述形式来解释生词。如∶

[例题1]：Anthropology is the scientific study of man.[例题2]The_herdsman，who looks after sheep，earns about 650 yuan a year.[解析1]从解释 the scientific study of man可知anthropology的意思是 “人类学”。[解析2]定语从句中looks after sheep就表明了herdsman的词义为“牧人”。◆ 活学活用

(一)利用上述方法，猜出下列各句划线词的意思

1．Sociology is the term used to describe the scientific study of human society.2．They need to make their income meet the cost of living，so many people plan a family budget.A budget is a list of monthly expenses.6

B.Her life was well-planned.C.She didn’t have to worry about the future.D.She had to worry about her dinner 【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。根据Until last summer I had a very comfortable life因为父母已经给作者安排好了一切，故选B。

32.We can learn from the second paragraph that _______________.A.the author raised some rabbits as pets B.the author took part in a two-week program in Africa C.the author had a very difficult life in the “Tribal Village” D.the author never thought about poor people after the program 【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据We lived in a “Tribal Village,” in a hot, dry open grassland in Arkansas, a state of the south-central United States.作者在Tribal Village过着非常艰难的一段时间，故选C。

33.The author feel pain because ____________.A.she is a privileged child B.she is not getting enough to eat C.she doesn’t want to kill the rabbits D.she can’t go back to her regular life 【答案】C 【解析】细节理解题。根据it’s time to decide whether or not to kill the rabbits.I feel pain but it’s a privileged child’s pain because I know I will soon be eating again.因为作者不想杀死这些兔子，故选C。

34.What does the underlined word “simulation” in the fourth paragraph probably mean? A.Reality B.Experience C.Imagination D.Imitation 【答案】D 【解析】词义猜测题。根据第二自然段的内容可知作者是在Tribal Village体验生活，所以即使这种生活是一种仿制的（Imitation），但是也改变了作者，故选D。

第五篇：高考英语阅读理解练习题及答案

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高考英语阅读理解练习题及答案(5)

The fiddler crab(蟹)is a living clock.It indicates(=shows)the time of day by the colour of its skin, which is dark by day and pale by night.The crab’s changing colour follows a regular twenty—four hour plan that exactly matches the daily rhythm(节奏)of the sun.Does the crab actually keep time, or does its skin simply answer to the sun’s rays, changing colour according to the amount of light strikes it? To find out, biologists kept crabs in a dark room for two months.Even without daylight, the crab’s skin colour continued to change exactly on time.This characteristic(特性)probably developed gradually in answer to the daily rising and setting of the sun, to help protect the crab from sunlight and enemies.After millions of years it has become completely regulated(受控制)inside the living body of the crab.The biologists noticed that once each day the colour of the fiddler crab is especially dark, and that each day this happens fifty minutes later than on the day before.From this they discovered that each crab follows not only the rhythm of the sun but also that of the tides(潮水).The crab’s period of greatest darkening is exactly the time of low tide on the beach where it was cought!

1.The fiddler crab is like a clock because it changes colour ______.A in a regular 24—hour rhythm B.in answer to the sun’s rays

C.at low tide D.every fifty minutes